WEBVTT
ROSS THE COUNTRY.
PJUSTIN: THE CONVERSATION GAINED
PTRACTION WHEN A SACRED SHIELD
PBELONGING TO THE ACOMA PUEBLO
PSHOWED UP AT AN AUCTION IN
PPARIS, YEARS AFTER BEING STOLEN.
PNOW, NEW MEXICO LEADERS ARE
PPUSHING FOR NEW FEDERAL
PLEGISLATION, TO PREVENT
PSOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM
PHAPPENING AGAI
PTHE ACOMA SHIELD, WE BLURRED IT
PTO RESPECT THE ACOMA PUEBLO'
PWISHES, BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED
PA SACRED ARTIFACT.
PACOMA PUEBLO GOVERNOR KURT RILEY
PTHINKS IT WAS STOLEN IN THE
P70'S.
PU.S. SENATORS GATHER IN
PALBUQUERQUE FOR WHAT THEY'RE
PCALLING AN HISTORIC HEARING.
PSEN. UDALL: PEOPLE ARE
PEXPLOITING THE LOOPHOLES IN OUR
PCURRENT LAW TO SELL THESE
POBJECTS AS ART.
PTHEY ARE NOT PIECES OF ART, THEY
PARE SPIRITUAL OBJECTS.
PJUSTIN: SENATORS TOM UDALL AND
PMARTIN HEINRICH WANT TO INCREASE
PPENALTIES AND RAISE AWARENESS
PFOR TRAFFICKING TRIBAL, CULTURAL
PITEMS.
P>> WE'VE GOT TO GET THE STOP ACT
PPASSED AND WE'VE GOT TO GET MY
PPATRIMONY RESOLUTION PASSED.
PJUSTIN: THE PATRIMONY RESOLUTION
PACT, CONDEMNS THEFT, ILLEGAL
PPOSSESSION OR SALE OF THE
PARTIFACTS.
PTHE STOP ACT, WHICH STANDS FOR
PTHE SAFEGUARD TRIBAL OBJECTS OF
PPATRIMONY ACT, PROHIBITS
PEXPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN
PCULTURAL ITEMS, AND INCREASES
PTHE PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE CAUGHT
PDOING IT.
PACOMA PUEBLO GOVERNOR KURT RILEY
PSAYS, HE'S CONFIDENT IN THE
PFUTURE OF THESE LAWS.
PGOV. RILEY: ALL OF THE PUEBLOS
PTRIBES AND NATIONS ACROSS THE
PCOUNTRY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT
PFROM TODAY, IT'S A START.
PJUSTIN: SENATORS SAY THERE'S AN
PEXISTING LAW PROHIBITING ITEMS
PFROM BEING SOLD, BUT THE
PPENALTIES ARE NOWHERE NEAR
PSTRONG ENOUGH, AND NEEDS TO BE
PMORE STRONGLY ENFORCED.
PJUSTIN: SENATORS SAY THE U.S.
PGOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED A WARRANT
PTO RECOVER THE SACRED ACOMA
PSHIELD, BUT IT HAS YET TO BE
PRETURNED.
PTHE NEXT STEP IS TO BRING THE
PSTOP ACT TO CONGRESS TO GET IT
PPASSED.
PTHE PATRIMONY RESOLUTION ACT

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Updated: 12:14 PM EST Jan 4, 2017

Sacred, stolen Native American artifacts are showing up on auction blocks around the world. There’s a move in New Mexico to crack down the practice.